womanfully

English

Etymology

womanful +‎ -ly

Adverb

womanfully (comparative more womanfully, superlative most womanfully)

  1. In a womanly manner.
    • 1859, Anthony Trollope, The Bertrams, page 264:
      She manfully struggled on, however — womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors.
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